Willie Anderson vs. Giannis Antetokounmpo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Willie Anderson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Willie Anderson played 9 years in the NBA, 2 less than Giannis Antetokounmpo, who played 11. Willie Anderson had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Giannis Antetokounmpo had his rookie season in 2013-14. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Willie Anderson	9	7	1988-89 to 1996-97
Giannis Antetokounmpo	11	8	2013-14 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Willie Anderson	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	1988-89	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	81	33.8	18.6	1.9	3.3	5.1	4.6	1.9	0.8	3.2	3.6	7.9	15.9	.498	0.0	0.3	.190	2.8	3.6	.775
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Giannis Antetokounmpo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Willie Anderson	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	1989-90	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	82	34.0	15.7	1.4	3.1	4.5	4.4	1.4	0.7	2.4	3.1	6.5	13.2	.492	0.1	0.3	.269	2.6	3.5	.748
Giannis Antetokounmpo	81	31.4	12.7	1.2	5.5	6.7	2.6	0.9	1.0	2.1	3.1	4.7	9.6	.491	0.1	0.5	.159	3.2	4.3	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	10	37.5	20.5	1.6	3.8	5.4	5.2	0.9	0.4	2.6	4.0	8.7	16.8	.518	0.2	0.5	.400	2.9	3.6	.806
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	33.5	11.5	2.0	5.0	7.0	2.7	0.5	1.5	1.8	3.0	4.3	11.8	.366	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	3.8	.739


Season 3
	Willie Anderson	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	1990-91	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	75	34.6	14.4	0.9	3.8	4.7	4.8	1.1	0.6	2.2	3.0	6.0	13.2	.457	0.1	0.5	.200	2.3	2.8	.798
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.3	16.9	1.4	6.2	7.7	4.3	1.2	1.4	2.6	3.2	6.4	12.7	.506	0.4	1.4	.257	3.7	5.1	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	4	39.8	19.0	0.5	4.3	4.8	4.8	1.5	0.5	3.3	4.0	8.3	17.0	.485	0.5	2.5	.200	2.0	3.3	.615
Giannis Antetokounmpo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Willie Anderson	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	1991-92	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	57	33.1	13.1	1.1	4.2	5.3	5.3	0.9	0.9	2.5	2.6	5.5	12.0	.455	0.2	1.0	.232	1.9	2.4	.775
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.6	22.9	1.8	7.0	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.1	8.2	15.7	.521	0.6	2.3	.272	5.9	7.7	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	40.5	24.8	1.7	7.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	10.0	18.7	.536	0.7	1.7	.400	4.2	7.7	.543


Season 5
	Willie Anderson	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	1992-93	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	38	14.7	4.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.1	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.1	4.9	.430	0.0	0.2	.125	0.6	0.7	.786
Giannis Antetokounmpo	75	36.7	26.9	2.1	8.0	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	3.0	3.1	9.9	18.7	.529	0.6	1.9	.307	6.5	8.5	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	10	21.9	9.5	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.8	0.9	0.2	1.2	2.3	3.7	8.2	.451	0.6	1.1	.545	1.5	1.7	.882
Giannis Antetokounmpo	7	40.0	25.7	1.1	8.4	9.6	6.3	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	9.9	17.3	.570	0.6	2.0	.286	5.4	7.9	.691


Season 6
	Willie Anderson	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	1993-94	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	80	31.1	11.9	0.9	2.2	3.0	4.3	0.9	0.6	1.9	2.3	4.9	10.5	.471	0.3	0.9	.324	1.8	2.1	.848
Giannis Antetokounmpo	72	32.8	27.7	2.2	10.3	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7	3.2	10.0	17.3	.578	0.7	2.8	.256	6.9	9.5	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	4	26.5	8.3	0.8	1.3	2.0	3.0	1.3	0.5	1.0	1.8	3.5	9.3	.378	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.0	1.8	.571
Giannis Antetokounmpo	15	34.3	25.5	2.4	9.8	12.2	4.9	1.2	2.0	3.3	3.2	8.6	17.4	.494	1.2	3.7	.327	7.1	11.2	.637


Season 7
	Willie Anderson	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	1994-95	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	38	14.6	4.9	0.4	1.1	1.4	1.4	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.9	2.0	4.3	.469	0.1	0.5	.158	0.8	1.1	.732
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	30.4	29.5	2.2	11.4	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7	3.1	10.9	19.7	.553	1.4	4.7	.304	6.3	10.0	.633

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	11	8.8	1.8	0.5	0.6	1.1	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.1	0.8	1.8	.450	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.3	.667
Giannis Antetokounmpo	9	30.8	26.7	3.0	10.8	13.8	5.7	0.7	0.9	3.3	3.4	10.0	17.9	.559	1.4	4.4	.325	5.2	9.0	.580


Season 8
	Willie Anderson	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	76	27.1	9.8	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.6	1.0	0.8	1.9	3.0	3.8	8.7	.436	0.4	1.6	.283	1.7	2.1	.810
Giannis Antetokounmpo	61	33.0	28.1	1.6	9.4	11.0	5.9	1.2	1.2	3.4	2.8	10.3	18.0	.569	1.1	3.6	.303	6.5	9.5	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	4	16.0	5.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	1.5	2.5	1.8	5.5	.318	0.3	1.5	.167	1.5	1.8	.857
Giannis Antetokounmpo	21	38.1	30.2	2.8	10.0	12.8	5.1	1.0	1.2	3.0	2.9	11.9	20.9	.569	0.6	3.3	.186	5.8	9.8	.587


Season 9
	Willie Anderson	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	1996-97	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	28	10.8	3.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.3	1.0	2.3	.453	0.3	0.7	.421	0.6	0.7	.850
Giannis Antetokounmpo	67	32.9	29.9	2.0	9.6	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	3.3	3.2	10.3	18.6	.553	1.1	3.6	.293	8.3	11.4	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	9	13.2	3.7	0.2	1.7	1.9	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.2	1.2	3.3	.367	0.2	0.9	.250	1.0	1.1	.900
Giannis Antetokounmpo	12	37.3	31.7	2.2	12.0	14.2	6.8	0.7	1.3	4.5	3.6	11.7	23.8	.491	0.8	3.4	.220	7.6	11.2	.679


Season 10
	Willie Anderson	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	32.1	31.1	2.2	9.6	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	3.9	3.1	11.2	20.3	.553	0.7	2.7	.275	7.9	12.3	.645

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Giannis Antetokounmpo	3	30.3	23.3	2.7	8.3	11.0	5.3	0.3	0.7	4.7	3.0	9.3	17.7	.528	0.0	1.0	.000	4.7	10.3	.452


Season 11
	Willie Anderson	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Giannis Antetokounmpo	73	35.2	30.4	2.7	8.8	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	3.4	2.9	11.5	18.8	.611	0.5	1.7	.274	7.0	10.7	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Giannis Antetokounmpo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Willie Anderson vs. Giannis Antetokounmpo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Willie Anderson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11